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Why MAGA hates Europe so much

Having lost so many battles at home, it is easier on the ego to look abroad for societies to redeem. The attack on Europe is a disguised...

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Janan Ganesh

Labor must turn the screws on the renewables rollout

Australia’s energy transition is looking more like an energy cliff and the main issue is the pace, rather than the direction of the renewables...

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The Afr View

Australia’s $50 cigarette experiment has become a gift for gangsters

The predictable shift of smokers from the legal to black market is a clear consequence of the current tax structure.

yesterday 3

Fei Gao

We need a real AI strategy. That starts with an AI identity

Australia’s National AI Plan is all about what we don’t want to be and not enough about what we do. If we don’t set a clear path, one will be...

yesterday 3

Christina Wiremu-Brook

Politicians must cut spending to avoid interest rate increases

The challenge for the monetary policy mandarins is that politicians are pumping the economy full of more and more unproductive cash, driving...

yesterday 20

Christopher Joye

ANZ Bank’s targets disconnected from reality

ANZ Bank charismatic CEO Nuno Matos is stretching credibility with his promise to lead the greatest banking turnaround since the 1990s.

yesterday 20

Tony Boyd

This summer Ley won’t be on holidays, she’ll be fighting for her job

A lot is starting to go wrong for the government, but it is being masked by the Coalition’s own struggles.

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Phillip Coorey

Super’s river of money has created a super accountability void

Daniel Mulino will be in the firing line next week as he attempts to divide responsibility for a compensation scheme for victims of financial fraud...

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Jennifer Hewett

Jacinta Allan’s budget gamble is a risk Victorians can’t afford

Victoria’s budget update is a sober reflection of the government’s conscious decision to prioritise spending its way to an electoral victory

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The Afr View

Update shows Labor has done nothing to fix Victoria’s finances

Little in the budget update will reassure rating agencies the Allan government is prepared to do what needs to be done to alleviate Victoria’s...

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Saul Eslake

Coalition has become a self-writing political satire

The clownish amateurism of the Liberals and Nationals means they have abysmally failed in their pivotal role of holding the Albanese government to...

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Scott Prasser

Chinese ambassador’s rosy pitch masks Xi’s top-down power play

After the 2025 that Beijing has had, the idea of it ending five-year plans and putting its fate more squarely in the hands of the free market is...

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Richard Mcgregor

Why the NDIS could drag Australia into a UK-style economic rut

After the productivity roundtable, policymakers should have the guts to introduce price signals and market discipline into the fastest-growing...

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Alexander Sanchez

AI data centres could be Australia’s next sovereignty test

While Australia should be cautious about the challenges the data centre boom poses, we are well positioned to become a trusted AI-ready data hub in...

04.12.2025 3

The Afr View

Australia toys with its own ‘Why Nations Fail’ moment on energy

It’s dangerous when institutions are captured by their own storyline. Faith in renewables has become an identity, and that’s a lot harder to tweak...

04.12.2025 1

Cristina Talacko

Why voters should care about Nigel Farage’s schoolyard racism scandal

Opinions and behaviours ascribed to the Reform UK leader and potential PM when he was a schoolboy are so extreme they deserve attention.

04.12.2025 10

Rosa Prince

Treasurer places his bet on how to lift momentum

Jim Chalmers is confident that private sector investment will balance out all that government spending, but Michele Bullock sounds less sure...

03.12.2025 10

Jennifer Hewett

There are still cheap, quality stocks out there. Here’s where to look

There is a once-in-a-generation opportunity in global markets that could deliver strong returns regardless of how AI mania plays out.

03.12.2025 2

Ruchir Sharma

If Liberals need fictional voters to feel your pain, something is off

While the shadow treasurer was lost in his own world of absurdist make-believe people at the Press Club, his counterpart faces some real economic...

03.12.2025 2

Lidija Ivanovski

There is no evidence NDIS therapies help kids thrive

Australia is pumping infinite money into supply-constrained markets such as disability and childcare, while the government also mandates and helps...

03.12.2025 30

John Kehoe

Sorry Climate 200, but our net zero plan looks like a bungled surgery

Every major smelter or refinery in the country is now either subsidised, curtailed or under review, putting over 73,000 jobs at risk.

03.12.2025 30

Gerard Holland

Toronto has the best and worst of Sydney. Here’s why

A metropolis with great Asian food and a housing affordability crisis: it sounds familiar, but the apartment fix for Canada’s largest city serves as...

03.12.2025 2

Jessica Gardner

Canberra must end plum jobs for overpaid political hacks

The problem with jobs for the boys and girls is that it prioritises political pedigree and loyalty over candidates with talent, skill and diverse...

03.12.2025 3

The Afr View

The Liberal Party’s new girlboss era is changing everything

There is more to female representation than the leadership, but it makes it harder for the left to argue that the Liberal Party is a misogynistic...

02.12.2025 3

Pru Goward

What the Airbus A320 meltdown really means for your future holidays

The more technologically advanced, interconnected and digitally dependent aviation is, the more fragile it becomes.

02.12.2025 4

Peter Harbison

Canberra’s spending blowout makes public services cuts unavoidable

Even a brutal round of spending cuts to the Australian Public Service and programs is no substitute for improving productivity.

02.12.2025 2

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Why MAGA hates Europe so much

Janan Ganesh

Labor must turn the screws on the renewables rollout

The Afr View

Australia’s $50 cigarette experiment has become a gift for gangsters

Fei Gao

We need a real AI strategy. That starts with an AI identity

Christina Wiremu-Brook

Politicians must cut spending to avoid interest rate increases

Christopher Joye

ANZ Bank’s targets disconnected from reality

Tony Boyd

This summer Ley won’t be on holidays, she’ll be fighting for her job

Phillip Coorey

Super’s river of money has created a super accountability void

Jennifer Hewett

Jacinta Allan’s budget gamble is a risk Victorians can’t afford

The Afr View

Update shows Labor has done nothing to fix Victoria’s finances

Saul Eslake

Coalition has become a self-writing political satire

Scott Prasser

Chinese ambassador’s rosy pitch masks Xi’s top-down power play

Richard Mcgregor

Why the NDIS could drag Australia into a UK-style economic rut

Alexander Sanchez

AI data centres could be Australia’s next sovereignty test

The Afr View

Australia toys with its own ‘Why Nations Fail’ moment on energy

Cristina Talacko

Why voters should care about Nigel Farage’s schoolyard racism scandal

Rosa Prince

Treasurer places his bet on how to lift momentum

Jennifer Hewett

There are still cheap, quality stocks out there. Here’s where to look

Ruchir Sharma

If Liberals need fictional voters to feel your pain, something is off

Lidija Ivanovski

There is no evidence NDIS therapies help kids thrive

John Kehoe

Sorry Climate 200, but our net zero plan looks like a bungled surgery

Gerard Holland

Toronto has the best and worst of Sydney. Here’s why

Jessica Gardner

Canberra must end plum jobs for overpaid political hacks

The Afr View

The Liberal Party’s new girlboss era is changing everything

Pru Goward

What the Airbus A320 meltdown really means for your future holidays

Peter Harbison

Canberra’s spending blowout makes public services cuts unavoidable

Gary Sturgess